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From: hight@claire.uucp (John Hight)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: 20 MM shells
Summary: 20MM in AC-130
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Date: 16 Jun 89 03:34:24 GMT
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From: hight@claire.uucp (John Hight)
>From: czwicky@ub.d.umn.edu (craig zwicky)
>
>    Someone around here had a BIG bullet on their desk.  It was about 5" 
>long and said 20 MM DUMMY M5IAIEI and had a fair amount of "heft" to it.
>
>    I have read about how destructive 20 MM cannon could be to/on aircraft.  
>Now, my question is, is this similar to the cannon shells used in aircraft.

Well, I'm not familiar with the designation M5IAIEI, but I know that
20MM cannons as well as the 40MM cannons and a 105MM Howitzer were
employed on the AC-130 during the Vietnam conflict.  (My father flew
one of these out of Ubon, Thailand, up and down the Ho Chi Minh
Trail).

John Hight	SRI International	hight@sri.com